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Can I still increase my supply at 8 months and pumping?

I have been bf and pumping for over 8 months now. I have notices a drop in my supply over the last couple months. Since about 6 months, I am getting about half of what I was getting before and its taking me about 2 days to get a full bottle for my baby. Is there anyway to increase my supply? This is her daily schedule: nurse first thing in the morning, then cereal with fruit a few hours later, another nursing session or a bottle (if Im at work), lunch is cereal, veggies, and fruit, and then nursing a couple more times before bed.

Re: Can I still increase my supply at 8 months and pumping?

Im getting anywhere from 1-2 oz in one sitting. Her bottles are 4.5 oz and Im at work 8-5... I pump twice a day now. My boss is having I guess issues with me pumping and saying its an inconvenience pretty much. Im not sure he has to follow the pumping law since we only have 6 employees... So Im SOL pretty much in that department.

Re: Can I still increase my supply at 8 months and pumping?

I do nurse her when she wakes up in the middle of the night but I dont wake her up to feed her. During the day while Im at work she does have 1-2 bottles a day. Just depends on her mood I guess. In one day, depending on my body, I will get 3-4.5 oz. Lately, it has been 3-3.5. I have the Medela In Style. Everything seems to be working just fine as well. Does changing the membranes really have that much effect on the pumps? If so, how?

Re: Can I still increase my supply at 8 months and pumping?

Your period does have an effect on your supply and it's often difficult for women to build supply back up once their period is over. You have two options, I think: 1)get really aggressive about pumping more often and adding nursing sessions, if possible or 2)accept that you are going to need to start supplementing soon (from your freezer stash if you have one, or with formula if you don't). I know from personal experience that it's still possible to increase supply by pumping even with an older baby. I started running short when my son was around 10 months and I fixed the problem by going from 2 pumping sessions up to 3 sessions and was able to increase my output by several ounces that way. However, it sounds like that may not be an option with your job. Could you add a pumping session in the car on the way to or from work? That's my only suggestion. Also, if you're not already doing breast compressions while pumping and hand expression at the end of each session, adding those things in may help yield a little more milk. Also, it sounds like you're only nursing maybe 5x per day or so...increasing your nursing sessions while at home, if she will nurse more often, may help increase your supply overall. Good luck!

First-time mama to Joshua, 10/29/11. 38 months ; now trying to wean. for 14 months; now finished with pump weaning!